Here the Dark

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Here the Dark
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First edition
AuthorDavid Bergen
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Published2020
Publisher Biblioasis
Pages224
ISBN 978-1771963213

Here the Dark is a 2020 book by David Bergen. [1]

After a successful career as a novelist, Bergen returns to his original genre, short fiction. This book contains a novella and seven short stories that span his writing career. [2]

The book was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2020. [3] The book won the 2021 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. [4]

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